Conservation of frontages on several places in Madrid

Abstract

As complement to the Main Subject this section presents four works which select some of the most recent facts about the emptying of buildings preserving their frontage. This subject is more and more frequent because of the multiplicity of the recent ordinances tending towards the preservation of the historical and artistic patrimony of our towns, and of great complexity because of the specificity of each case. The whole of those four works intend to reflect some of the most common problems in this dink of project and their correct solution. The first correspond to a building of three floors with a semi basement that, after being emptied and rebuilt, a new body off our floors is added using completely different methods according to the municipal council ordinances. The second work includes two buildings of a very different use (an ice factory and its offices) constructed in consecutive periods and with different constructive treatments which obliges to search a diverse solution for each body. The third project is an action taken by the City Council of Madrid, who acted by substitutive execution considering the high danger of ruin of the building and the passiveness of its owners. The last work is a house-building on a ground plan shaped as an L, with six levels on top of the basement.